Daily Archives: May 21, 2008

Neuroimaging article in Wired

May 21, 2008
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Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Dont Believe the Hype This is just a link to a terrific article in Wired magazine by Dr. Daniel Carlat. Dr. Carlat goes through various types of brain scanning and meets with different neuroimaging experts. He concludes that his own neuroimaging, in its present state, is useless for diagnosis...

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The Post-Smoking Society: Smokers – quick – band together and sell your genomes.

May 21, 2008
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The Post-Smoking Society: Smokers – quick – band together and sell your genomes.

The anti-smoking drug Chantix is in the news for having significant side-effects — which brings up a conundrum: which is worse, the drug or the addiction? New research shows the nature and the environment: (a) some people are clearly genetically loaded to smoke; and (b)  when people quit, they quit in groups of three....

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An off topic observation: The world is turning into high school. With money.

May 21, 2008
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Senator Kennedy has a brain tumor — I just heard. I felt sad, like it was my “Uncle Teddy”. No matter that I always personally blamed Sen. Kennedy for totally spending the jillions for the gorgeous and expensive Federal District Court in Boston as well as the Big Dig (I was always just galled...

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